Corruption ( An original story )

14: Slowly trusting

2 months later...

Ryker listened to my problems about my mom. " She is coming home later and later, I am worried about her health. I tried to confront her about it, but she brushed it off. I really want to help her, but she don't want me to. My dad took my advice after few weeks of me nagging him to stop coming home late. But my mom is not any different, she just brushed it off and I am worried about her. She has bags under her eyes, I am not fucking stupid to notice them. I kept trying and trying, but we ended up in an fight and this is why my wings have a lot of wounds."

I could feel Ryker's anger as he was treating my wings, I was hugged my knees to my chest and I tried not to cry because of the pain. " At least, your father is not like your mother, " he scoffed and I nodded. My dad will stop arguing with me when I was about to breakdown and he knows my mental state is not good. My dad really cares about me all the time, the only times my mom is cares about me is when I am injured. I preferred my dad over my mom, she doesn't care about my mental state or emotional state, only physical.

But my dad cares for all three of them, he was the one who took care for me when I was sick. Never mom, my dad told me a saying.

All children needs parents, but not all parents needs kids.

I loved that saying and also me and Ryker were getting closer. I started to trust him more and at school, he spends time with me when we are studying or doing homework. We helped each other with homework and I started to like him again. I had to hide my feelings from him, even from my parents, as well as for Zayn. She is like overprotective sister to me, even though I am older one in the friend group. Yes, I joined Zayn's friend group and I helped her get the girl she was crushing on. 

Now Tessa and her are dating now.

" I can't believe your mom did this to you. I thought your mom was more like your grandmother, like in the stories. Lux was kind and lighted soul, she saw good in everything, even in evil. I am glad you are the uncorrupted one, not your mother like you used to wished. The gods and the godlings know the truth about your grandmother, even me. I am the son of the leader of gods and the godlings. My parents will never do that to me when I fought them or disagreed, they will tried to understand the situation and see who is right. Your grandmother was kind person, they are right about the child of light. You are like Lux, she is or was the most caring goddess base on the stories. They say she foretold, one of her grandchildren will be something amazing. But there's these rumors saying Lux's child was born before the war, even before the corruption of us. Us gods and godlings, are not truly evil, well some of them. Some of us godlings want to be like you, pure. Freed from this corruption whosever created it.

" Also the rumor says that child was your mother or a long lost sibling of hers. But we don't know, I heard it from my parents and the other gods, " he went on about the rumor. " Well, we don't know for certain. Hmm, there you go, the wounds are treated and your wings will get better in a couple of weeks."

He beamed at me like the old times, I smiled as well. He hugged me and he pulled me into his lap, I hugged him back. I think I could trust him, maybe just maybe. I sighed and I remembered the times we're being kids and teenagers. 

" I really want to show you something, before the incident, before the end of our friendship, he said as he grabbed my hand and we got up. We ran out and through the forest, he led me through a trail. He stopped and he covered my eyes with his hands, he led me somewhere that I never saw before. He uncovered my eyes, he gestured me to the cliffside that was overlooking the lake. The lake I loved to go as a kid and teenager. I got to see it here at this cliffside, I loved the view from here. How did he find this? 

I glanced at him, " How did you find this beautiful spot?"

He smiled as I stared at the view with awed, " Well, I thought you might like it."

I stared back at him, I smiled and I saw he started to blushed. Maybe out of embarrassment, I giggled and giggled at the look of his expression. After I calmed down, he was blushing more and I was very confused. But I ignored it, he calmed down as well and we started to talked about things like the view of this place.

" I like this place, why didn't I find this before?"

Ryker just hummed, " Well, this very place is your grandmother and your grandfather met, apparently. Based on the legends, they said an young Lux came up here after an argument with her friend. She came here to calm down her nerves when she had fights with her friends. But that day, she saw someone was on this cliff who was painting something. She was mad about the argument, she ignored the painter and she sat beside him, ignoring still. The painter asked your grandmother what she was mad about. She just sat there, staring at the lake below and the painter tried to talk her. But she kept ignored her, the rest of the day the painter tried to talk to her. Until Lux cried, the painter went to comfort her and she started to ranting and rumbling about the argument. He understood her and told her stories about the other realms.

" Over time, " he went on, " they fall for each other and they got married. The name of your grandfather was lost in the history books. They had an child, which is your mother and your mother had you and Caspian. We know the rest."

I was in awed, my mother never told me about how her parents met. She always kept it a secret for years. I was always curious who my grandfather was. " Thanks for telling me this story, Ryker.